§ Mr. GEORGE ROBERTSasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture if he could now state the results of inquiries made respecting the measures taken to provide applicants in Beddington with land under the Small Holdings and Allotments Act?
§ Sir E. STRACHEYThe county council are in negotiation with the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for some land at Bedding-ton which would be suitable for small holdings. The applicants for allotments will be provided for on the allotment ground already belonging to the parish council. There is considerable difficulty in obtaining the land required in this neighbourhood, inasmuch as most of it is ready for building.
§ Mr. GEORGE ROBERTSasked how many approved applications for land under the Small Holdings and Allotments Act had been received from Cheshunt by the Hertfordshire County Council; whether any land had yet been supplied; and, if not, whether the Board contemplated any action to facilitate matters?
§ Sir E. STRACHEYThere have been five applicants in the neighbourhood of Cheshunt. Two of them have been provided with small holdings by the County Council, another has been satisfied by private arrangement, and negotiations are proceeding for the acquisition of the land necessary to provide small holdings for the other two.